East 5th Street & Avenue C

East 5th Street and Avenue C meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Jewish Center is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue C · B67, B69
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Avenue C Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue C, 1,280 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue C B67, B69
    1,280 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Pkwy & Ave C 16 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 619 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Avenue C

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue C

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    680 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue C or East 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.